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Fibromyalgia is associated with a reduction in the ability to perform
activities of daily living. Sit-to-stand-to-sit performance is one of the most
common activities of daily living and often is evaluated by counting the number
of repetitions of the 30-second chair-stand test. No study, however, has examined
the performance over the 30 seconds of this test of female patients with
fibromyalgia on a phase-by-phase basis. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of
fibromyalgia on performance of the 30-second chair-stand test and to analyze how
the kinematic performance changed over the 30-second test period. DESIGN: A
cross-sectional study. SETTING: Local association of fibromyalgia. PARTICIPANTS:
Fifteen females with fibromyalgia and nine healthy female controls. INTERVENTION:
Participants performed the 30-second chair-stand test while wearing a motion
capture device. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Duration of each sit-to-stand-to-sit phase
within the 30-second time limit was compared between groups using repeated
measures analysis of variance. The association between duration of phases and
scores from the revised version of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire was
tested using bivariate correlations. RESULTS: The duration of impulse and
sit-to-stand phases were gradually increased over the 30 seconds of the
chair-stand test for women with fibromyalgia compared with healthy controls (P =
.04 and P = .02, respectively). The mean duration of these 2 phases was
associated with symptom duration and the function domain of the revised version
of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (P < .05). Also, stiffness was directly
associated with the duration of the stand-up phase (P = .04). CONCLUSION:
Kinematic performance during the 30-second chair-stand test differed between
women with fibromyalgia and healthy controls. Since sit-to-stand from a chair is
a common daily activity, women with fibromyalgia may require specific exercises
to improve performance of this task. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Not applicable.
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